Following
Gov. Greg Abbott s decision to lift all COVID-19 restrictions, including ending the mask mandate, almost every school district across the Houston area indicated they were waiting for Texas Education Agency guidance on how to move forward.
But last week, the TEA said it will be up to each school district on whether to maintain mandated COVID-19 protocols.
Under TEA s updated guidance, a public school system s current practices on masks may continue unchanged. Local school boards have full authority to determine their local mask policy.
READ: TEA s updated guidance after Gov. Abbott announces mandates lifted
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My wife wears gloves in her own house. We were wearing masks everywhere, he said.
The family of seven all got sick, including their newborn daughter when she was just 11 days old. She developed a really high fever, didn t want to eat, was sleeping a lot, Armando said. We became so worried. We didn t think she was going to make it at all.
But as he and the kids got better, Victoria got worse. She has no health issues. No underlying conditions, Armando said. She went into the ICU and has been in critical condition.
Armando posted an emotional video on Facebook, asking anyone in the medical field to reach out to him if they can help.
Following Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to lift all COVID-19 restrictions, including ending the mask mandate, almost every school district across the Houston area indicated they were waiting for Texas Education Agency guidance on how to move forward.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that Texas is looking at when it will be able to lift all statewide orders related to the coronavirus pandemic and that an announcement is forthcoming.
Abbott made the comments at a Corpus Christi news conference where he was asked when the statewide mask mandate would end as Texans continue to get vaccinated. That requirement has been in effect since July.
Abbott called it a great question. We re working right now on evaluating when we re gonna be able to remove all statewide orders, and we will be making announcements about that pretty soon, Abbott said, without giving a specific time frame.
US Corona death toll crosses 340,000 mark
The states of California and Florida both confirmed more than 21,000 deaths
Thursday December 31, 2020 10:47 AM, IANS
New York: US Covid-19 deaths surpassed 340,000 on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
With the national case count topping 19.6 million, the death toll across the US rose to 340,586, according to the CSSE data, Xinhua news agency reported.
New York State reported 37,687 fatalities, at the top of the US state-level death toll list. Texas recorded the second most deaths of 27,298. The states of California and Florida both confirmed more than 21,000 deaths, the CSSE tally showed.